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TIL that the world’s 15 largest shipping vessels produce more air pollution than all of world’s 750 million cars.

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xryk TIL that wolves in the wild do not have “alpha males” or “alpha females” with subordinate “betas” or “gammas”. Wolf packs are a family with the offspring of previous years.
mQwv TIL that a cow named Cincinnati Freedom evaded police officers for 11 days after jumping a six-foot fence to escape a slaughterhouse; after finally being caught, and she was given the “key to the city” by Cincinnati’s mayor and allowed to live out her days in a NY sanctuary
vP5M8 TIL about the Rathbone family. A family of shipbuilders and merchants from the 1700s. Members include actor Basil (played Sherlock Holmes and villains in Robin Hood and Zorro) and COL Henry Rathbone (who was in the box seat with President Lincoln when he got shot by Booth)
4XJlo TIL about WASP: the Women Airforce Service Pilots, civilian female pilots who flew in non combat situations for the US Army during WWII
JYDvk TIL Croissants aren't from France.Though their name is French for "crescent," these flaky pastries actually hail from Vienna, Austria.